:00:35. > :00:40.Good evening. It was a nervy, Edward and plain sailing, but
:00:40. > :00:44.England came from behind to secured a win over New Zealand. They were
:00:44. > :00:54.on the verge of the quarter-finals tonight, to see if they could
:00:54. > :01:01.
:01:01. > :01:03.complete the job against Japan. Only a huge win for Mexico and
:01:03. > :01:13.defeat for England could see Mexico go through it. Let's get on with
:01:13. > :01:25.
:01:25. > :01:31.where next for England? A win could take the team through to a quarter-
:01:31. > :01:35.final in Labour coups and. A draw means back to Wolfsburg on Saturday.
:01:36. > :01:39.Defeat, that could mean back home in the morning. That's of course is
:01:39. > :01:43.the option we don't want to have to contemplate. Rest assured, England
:01:43. > :01:48.will have to play well to get a result against a Japan side that
:01:48. > :01:52.has looked very impressive thus far. They have more than justified their
:01:52. > :01:58.current FIFA ranking of being the fourth-best a women's team in the
:01:58. > :02:05.world. England's side is changed by four from that which kicked off
:02:05. > :02:12.against New Zealand. Jessica Clarke and Karen Carney come in. Sophie
:02:13. > :02:17.Bradley is in, and Casey Stoney with the arms ban. -- on and. Anita
:02:17. > :02:22.Asante get a 50th England cap. Japan, already safely through to
:02:22. > :02:29.the quarter-finals. England may need to have to get something to
:02:29. > :02:33.join them a in the last eight. A win would mean England topping the
:02:33. > :02:43.group, that may mean avoiding Germany. We won't know whether it
:02:43. > :02:46.
:02:46. > :02:51.will be Germany or France in the given to change, the same side it
:02:51. > :03:01.started at the last two games. Five of them started it when England
:03:01. > :03:17.
:03:17. > :03:23.spoke, looking for a positive result to get through to the
:03:23. > :03:27.quarter-finals of the World Cup for the second tournament in a row. We
:03:27. > :03:31.will keep you up-to-date with what is happening in the other game,
:03:31. > :03:41.Mexico against New Zealand. That will only become an issue if Mexico
:03:41. > :03:49.
:03:49. > :03:59.too much about it. Good to see England in the all-white, I prefer
:03:59. > :04:03.
:04:03. > :04:08.that to the blue shorts. That is partnership. No, they have been
:04:08. > :04:13.together at Lincoln all season. That is key. A Sophie Bradley is
:04:13. > :04:17.young up. I played with her at Leeds United, she is beyond her
:04:17. > :04:24.years. She is very focused and confident as well. I don't think
:04:25. > :04:34.she will have any problems. This is only her Hayterth England cap. --
:04:35. > :04:59.
:04:59. > :05:04.players will be getting the information. Hopefully not at this
:05:04. > :05:07.stage in the game, maybe later on if it is required. It just sends
:05:07. > :05:17.nerves around, and they don't need it, because they have got this game
:05:17. > :05:33.
:05:33. > :05:40.under control. They can't control Bardsley, but she was more than
:05:40. > :05:50.ready for it. Kozue Ando, just trying her luck. It was worth an
:05:50. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:12.effort. Obviously watched the no way that she is going to not get
:06:12. > :06:24.
:06:24. > :06:31.to the ball first with those long today, with Sophie Bradley, 22.
:06:31. > :06:41.Karen Carney is only 23. Ellen White is 22. Adds a bit of energy
:06:41. > :07:09.
:07:09. > :07:15.to it. The girls will want to chances. Set pieces are going to be
:07:15. > :07:25.important for England. Sophie Bradley's long throw is a real
:07:25. > :07:46.
:07:46. > :07:51.World Cup looking to get out of the grid. -- haven't just come. Their
:07:51. > :07:56.coach, very confident. He was saying before the finals kicked off,
:07:56. > :08:04.it is semi-finals, minimum. We want to finish at least a third, he was
:08:04. > :08:10.very specific. Ellen White lobs at the keeper! A brilliant goal!
:08:10. > :08:18.Scored by Ellen White! Her first World Cup, her first World Cup goal,
:08:18. > :08:22.she has hit the big-time! What a fantastic finish. She just drew
:08:22. > :08:29.herself a way from the centre half, the keeper was in no man's land.
:08:29. > :08:37.Well done, Ellen White. That is a difficult skill, and she just
:08:37. > :08:44.perfected it. The youngest player in the England squad makes her mark
:08:44. > :08:50.in Germany. Prolific for Leeds last season. A goal again before Arsenal
:08:50. > :08:53.in the women's Superleague this year. -- a goal a game. And she
:08:53. > :09:03.wasn't even looking, she knew exactly what she was going to do as
:09:03. > :09:22.
:09:22. > :09:26.Asante. She is a centre half, really. I played against her for
:09:26. > :09:36.many years, she is probably one of the toughest I have played against.
:09:36. > :09:37.
:09:38. > :09:43.They are not going to get past a out is higher than the Japanese,
:09:43. > :09:53.and I think that is showing. They look more confident for it. Japan
:09:53. > :09:53.
:09:53. > :10:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:10:43. > :10:50.are easing their way through the goal for Mexico. Mexico are 2-0 up.
:10:50. > :10:53.Dominguez has got the second goal. No dramas yet, because whilst
:10:53. > :11:03.England are in the lead, or even drawing this one, they are in
:11:03. > :11:10.
:11:10. > :11:20.I think a bit too far out for them to really try something to her to
:11:20. > :11:36.
:11:36. > :11:46.Sophie Bradley. Alex Scott, one of the smallest in the England team,
:11:46. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :12:03.managed to get her head on that as little bit nervous, they need to
:12:03. > :12:03.
:12:03. > :12:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:12:57. > :13:04.for goal number two. It didn't get spectacular! Great save! What a
:13:04. > :13:09.goal that would have been! The first one will take some beating.
:13:09. > :13:16.That was a magnificent effort, and credit to Kaihori, who got up, full
:13:16. > :13:21.stretch, to debate onto the crossbar. A great cross from Jess -
:13:21. > :13:31.- Jessica Clarke. It is a great volley. She did really well to
:13:31. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :14:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:14:39. > :14:44.stretch up and get her fingertips great build-up play by Japan. A
:14:44. > :14:54.little bit hesitant in the defending, the back four, but what
:14:54. > :15:32.
:15:32. > :15:37.a great cross this is. Well done is England's half because of a
:15:37. > :15:43.superb goal from number nine, Ellen White, a quarter-of-an-hour into
:15:43. > :15:49.the contest. She saw the keeper across her mind and locked her from
:15:50. > :15:57.20 yards out into the back of the net. Just what England wanted.
:15:57. > :16:00.Everything is going to plan for Hope Powell's team. Rachel Yankey,
:16:00. > :16:10.England's and most capped player yet in the current squad, second
:16:10. > :16:16.
:16:16. > :16:21.most capped player of all time, is tactical change by Hope Powell. All
:16:21. > :16:26.was going well so it would suggest clock got a knock but you never
:16:26. > :16:36.know with England's coach. -- Jessica Clarke got a knock. She
:16:36. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:50.made just one big experience of this half. They need to impose
:16:50. > :16:57.themselves. Japan have obviously had a talking to at half-time to
:16:57. > :17:05.increase the intensity and they have done. The free-kick has gone
:17:05. > :17:15.to Japan. It was too easy, the ball into midfield. Japan are pressing a
:17:15. > :17:34.
:17:34. > :17:41.great chance for Japan to level. It and they have obviously practised
:17:41. > :17:50.this. That should have gone in. The keeper had no chance if it was on
:17:50. > :18:00.target. She is astride get that his prolific in Germany. -- she is a
:18:00. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:39.corner, I was about to scream a who I think agree with you.
:18:39. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:55.Incredibly that is not a corner. I don't think that is quite up
:18:55. > :19:01.there with the equatorial Guinea and handball injury. No penalty! If
:19:01. > :19:08.you haven't seen it, look it up. It was a strange one, that one. It was
:19:08. > :19:12.as clear a corner as you will ever seen. Eniola Aluko is going to come
:19:12. > :19:18.on and Kelis Smith will make way. She has hobbled out of a couple of
:19:18. > :19:28.challenges today. She has defended well. But where we meet her, it is
:19:28. > :19:52.
:19:52. > :20:02.brought off, there is something to the quarter-finals of the World
:20:02. > :20:03.
:20:03. > :20:10.Cup! It is a great ball in from Rachel Unitt. The first touch was
:20:10. > :20:14.excellent, the second touch even better. What a great goal. Two very
:20:14. > :20:23.different England goals. Two goals of real quality as far as finishing
:20:23. > :20:27.goes. Rachel Yankey's Movement, great first touch. Brilliant. It
:20:28. > :20:33.was a good finish. Just at the right time because Japan were
:20:33. > :20:43.getting on top and they looked like scoring. It has killed the pressure.
:20:43. > :20:49.
:20:50. > :20:59.There is the experience and the not making the knockout stages for
:21:00. > :21:00.
:21:00. > :21:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:21:52. > :22:02.that. It has been a good game. I have enjoyed it. I think England
:22:02. > :22:09.
:22:09. > :22:19.have done extremely well against a the last eight to place... A win
:22:19. > :22:52.
:22:52. > :22:55.think it might have been. -- Jill Scott. England are being more
:22:55. > :23:05.physical knowing they are physically stronger than the
:23:05. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :24:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:24:08. > :24:18.for Japan. -- Karen Cargill A. No go for it and stepped behind for a
:24:18. > :24:28.Japan corner. Was unsure whether it would have sneaked in. Good
:24:28. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :24:41.goalkeeping. She has given a other side. That is ridiculous!
:24:41. > :24:47.Ellen White, who has got England going with a terrific opening goal,
:24:47. > :24:52.she is running off. That is how much energy she has got! What a
:24:52. > :24:56.great goal. An all-round performance. She will get a
:24:56. > :25:05.standing ovation from the England fans in the stadium and well
:25:05. > :25:15.deserved. Centre-forward is off, the centre-back is on. Bassett.
:25:15. > :25:50.
:25:50. > :25:56.There have been occasions where the keeper of the heel and going down
:25:56. > :26:03.would have got a penalty. Not that I am advocating that. She got a
:26:03. > :26:13.touch and she goes down... You said far too honest. Can there be such a
:26:13. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:32.thing? I don't know! Very honest This time! There will be an ironic
:26:32. > :26:42.cheer from the crowd if she has given a corner. Another referee
:26:42. > :27:00.
:27:00. > :27:05.playing against European teams. And they have lost another because
:27:05. > :27:10.England had beaten Japan! Not only to seal their face in the quarter-
:27:10. > :27:20.finals of the World Cup but to do it as winners of Group B. Who knows
:27:20. > :27:20.
:27:21. > :27:25.Were you happy with the changes you made? Absolutely. I made them, so
:27:25. > :27:29.yes. We all were said at the beginning it would be a squad thing
:27:29. > :27:33.that would get us out of the group and then we would go from there but
:27:33. > :27:38.some of the play is that came in, Sophie Bradley was enormous,
:27:38. > :27:42.Jessica Clarke did her job in the first half, we changed a few things,
:27:42. > :27:46.we had a game-plan and the goals did really well. A difficult
:27:46. > :27:51.technical team to play against but she coped with everything. To be
:27:51. > :27:54.honest, they are good, they get the ball down, I think we matched them
:27:54. > :28:00.in parts of the game and we used physical strength as well which was
:28:00. > :28:05.good. We needed to build on that from New Zealand and we did today.
:28:05. > :28:11.Every one of the coach's changes was justified. It shows just how
:28:11. > :28:15.strong our squad is. Ellen White, a young player coming in, scoring a
:28:16. > :28:20.goal like that in the World Cup. What a finish, I am sure her
:28:21. > :28:25.parents are very proud of her today. Tell the view was what it is like
:28:26. > :28:30.to score in the World Cup. It is indescribable, I can't put it into
:28:30. > :28:34.words. It is the pinnacle of your career coming to the World Cup and
:28:34. > :28:40.scoring. Unbelievable. I am so pleased we got three points and
:28:40. > :28:46.topped the group. You came on at half-time. Did you have a point to
:28:46. > :28:50.prove? No! They said I wasn't going to start the game. To be fair,
:28:50. > :28:57.scoring the goal was probably the only good thing I did so lucky a
:28:57. > :29:03.Tibet! It was a great goal! weren't bad! It was a great cross
:29:03. > :29:07.from the Unitt. I don't know if it was meant for me. Winning the group
:29:07. > :29:13.against Japan, fourth in the world, it must give you so much.
:29:13. > :29:17.Definitely. We were not favourites. To top the group and come out... We
:29:17. > :29:23.need to wait to see who we are playing but it is a big confidence
:29:23. > :29:27.boost for. This team is getting better, it isn't it? We said our
:29:27. > :29:32.first two performances were not great but it seems to be coming
:29:32. > :29:38.together now. It is all about building on that now. This team is
:29:38. > :29:42.grubbing. Yeah. We have got better in each game we played so that is
:29:42. > :29:47.positive. We will take that and use that as encouragement and hopefully
:29:47. > :29:53.we can go a long way. See what happens. Have you finally found
:29:53. > :29:57.your feet? We are getting closer. Not quite sure we are there yet. We
:29:57. > :30:01.don't know who we have got next but that will be a big test. The
:30:01. > :30:11.ambition was to get out of the group and try to top the group. If
:30:11. > :30:24.
:30:24. > :30:31.we have achieved that so far. We New Zealand, with two late goals to
:30:31. > :30:35.A really impressive performance, and an example of a team who why
:30:35. > :30:39.just growing throughout this tournament, in confidence and style.
:30:39. > :30:42.The way they snuffed out all of Japan's possibilities. I thought
:30:42. > :30:48.they played really well, they have just grown in confidence throughout
:30:48. > :30:53.the tournament. I just thought a draw today, so it they were clear
:30:53. > :31:00.winners for me. Again, a word for the manager, because Kelly Smith
:31:00. > :31:06.comes off after an hour, we were wondering what she's doing, and she
:31:06. > :31:10.changes it round, everybody plays their part. The whole team was
:31:10. > :31:16.outstanding today. We have got a real chance here, with these ladies
:31:16. > :31:21.come much progress in this tournament. Ellen White has got AA
:31:21. > :31:31.chance of goal of the jaw and then, I would suggest. -- goal of the
:31:31. > :31:32.
:31:32. > :31:38.It is nice to see this, we have played it out from the back, a
:31:38. > :31:41.great finish. We finally now have a striker at the top level for the
:31:41. > :31:47.ladies who can score goals. The defending was Abid ball, but she
:31:47. > :31:51.has punished of them. She still had a lot to do. Fantastic running
:31:51. > :31:57.between the two defenders. She looked up, saw the keeper off her
:31:57. > :32:01.line, a lovely lob. It is a greater awareness. She has just picked her
:32:01. > :32:06.spot. An outstanding finish, I'm sure when she sees that back later
:32:06. > :32:16.she will be delighted. She has scored a goal again a for Arsenal
:32:16. > :32:16.
:32:17. > :32:22.in the Super League, she is firing They are not at the end of a really
:32:22. > :32:27.long season, I think it is looking at the moment like Ferrar a real
:32:27. > :32:33.buzz about them. Definitely. It is not the end of the season, often
:32:33. > :32:37.you go into a tournament you are a bit fatigued, you have played a lot
:32:37. > :32:43.of football. But they look like they are buzzing. It is a good
:32:43. > :32:49.point, their energy levels, they are rotating so many players, and
:32:49. > :32:54.everybody is doing well. They all feel like they are doing an
:32:54. > :32:58.important role. Rachel Yankey was out of favour at the last
:32:58. > :33:03.championships with the coach, Hope Powell, but back in the squad, and
:33:03. > :33:06.then today, out of the starting 11, she comes back on in the second
:33:06. > :33:16.half and seals the deal. It is difficult when you keep chopping
:33:16. > :33:17.
:33:17. > :33:22.Really pleased for Rachel. She has licked her wounds, she has come
:33:22. > :33:27.back. Kelly has just gone off the pitch, it breaks nicely for her,
:33:28. > :33:34.she is on it in a flash, and that is a great finish from that angle.
:33:34. > :33:38.What I like the first of all was Karen Carney's bit of movement. A
:33:38. > :33:42.great ball in, and that is a perfect touch. He just set her on
:33:42. > :33:48.her way. She looks up, sees the keeper a little bit off her line,
:33:48. > :33:53.and that is a difficult technique. She has got the pace, the awareness
:33:54. > :34:03.and the quality to put it into the back of the net. I think she has a
:34:03. > :34:06.Interesting, England set out to be physical in this game, we heard
:34:06. > :34:10.Kelly said before the match saying, we are going to make the most of
:34:10. > :34:15.our physical strength, stop the Japanese playing in the way they
:34:15. > :34:25.have played, and they did it with some brilliant tackling today.
:34:25. > :34:28.
:34:28. > :34:31.did, and they learnt at the right has come in, an awful lot of
:34:31. > :34:38.pressure on her, she has handled herself well. I thought she would
:34:38. > :34:46.do, because she is experienced at other levels. Jill Scott, she is
:34:46. > :34:51.everywhere! Would she be your men of the match? I think so. Casey
:34:51. > :34:55.Stoney, captain for the day, and doing a captain's job. Let's not
:34:56. > :35:01.forget Asante has well in that midfield. You are wondering now,
:35:01. > :35:11.they have selection problems. Williams is fit enough, which
:35:11. > :35:12.
:35:12. > :35:16.A little bit slippy in that first game against Mexico, and Karen
:35:16. > :35:26.Bardsley is a good example of a player who had a moment, if you
:35:26. > :35:28.
:35:28. > :35:34.like, in that opening match. And probably have liked to have saved
:35:34. > :35:38.this. She will be delighted we are showing that again! But she has
:35:38. > :35:44.come back well. She showed personality and character. And that
:35:44. > :35:49.is what you need. The World's eyes on you, these are packed stadiums,
:35:49. > :35:56.these girls are not used to this, but they rose to the challenge.
:35:56. > :36:02.That is a great Punch, she is It is interesting that England have
:36:02. > :36:06.had five goals scored now, five different goalscorers, which again
:36:06. > :36:10.illustrates the point that there is this strength in depth. You say
:36:10. > :36:14.Ellen White is now going to be the out and out goalscorer, great to
:36:14. > :36:18.have a reliable goalscorer, but we are getting goals from all over the
:36:18. > :36:23.pitch. You want to natural goalscorer, but then you have the
:36:23. > :36:27.likes of Rachel Yankey, Jill Scott, it is nice to see them coming from
:36:27. > :36:31.all over the place. You look at other teams, they must look at
:36:31. > :36:37.England and say, nor are we going to mark? It is growing, this
:36:37. > :36:41.tournament. So many players are making their mark. Players of
:36:41. > :36:51.grabbing the headlines, they will be a different star every day. It
:36:51. > :36:52.
:36:52. > :37:00.So who do England play in the quarter-finals? England will play
:37:00. > :37:07.France in Leverkusen -- on Friday. We don't have traditionally do very
:37:07. > :37:12.well against European opposition, and we haven't beaten France since
:37:12. > :37:15.1974, why are we going to be done this time? That is a tough question.
:37:15. > :37:19.France have done really well in this tournament so far, they are
:37:19. > :37:23.going to be difficult to play against, but we are playing well,
:37:23. > :37:28.and we have got to be confident and just take the result today and take
:37:28. > :37:34.that into that game and I'm sure we can do that. Are they more of a
:37:34. > :37:39.physical side? Yes, they are, they like to move the ball well, they
:37:39. > :37:44.are quick up front, so they need to be aware of their pace up front.
:37:44. > :37:48.Their number 9, especially. They are good at analysing teams and
:37:48. > :37:54.watching what they are good at, and stopping that, which they did today
:37:54. > :37:57.against Japan. We have already said how Hope Powell now seems to be
:37:57. > :38:01.finding her best 11 as the tournament goes on, which we saw
:38:01. > :38:05.with Bobby Robson, in World Cups, it changes throughout the
:38:06. > :38:09.tournament. You feel with her that she has total belief in all these
:38:09. > :38:14.players, and she is not bothered who she picks, they are all going